wil symons

photography

'These are photographs of not only the sitter but of you and of me. In losing eye contact we gain a common interest with the sitter, we neither have somewhere to aim our gaze. They become collaborations, you play the detective. We have to use our imagination to find out more, a photograph is an illusion, a portrait shows a mask, a facade, so why must we need to see the eyes to find out more of the persona behind them?'

wil symons

photography

'These are photographs of not only the sitter but of you and of me. In losing eye contact we gain a common interest with the sitter, we neither have somewhere to aim our gaze. They become collaborations, you play the detective. We have to use our imagination to find out more, a photograph is an illusion, a portrait shows a mask, a faÃ§ade, so why must we need to see the eyes to find out more of the persona behind them?'

wil symons

photography

'These are photographs of not only the sitter but of you and of me. In losing eye contact we gain a common interest with the sitter, we neither have somewhere to aim our gaze. They become collaborations, you play the detective. We have to use our imagination to find out more, a photograph is an illusion, a portrait shows a mask, a faÃ§ade, so why must we need to see the eyes to find out more of the persona behind them?'

wil symons

photography

'These are photographs of not only the sitter but of you and of me. In losing eye contact we gain a common interest with the sitter, we neither have somewhere to aim our gaze. They become collaborations, you play the detective. We have to use our imagination to find out more, a photograph is an illusion, a portrait shows a mask, a faÃ§ade, so why must we need to see the eyes to find out more of the persona behind them?'

wil symons

photography

'These are photographs of not only the sitter but of you and of me. In losing eye contact we gain a common interest with the sitter, we neither have somewhere to aim our gaze. They become collaborations, you play the detective. We have to use our imagination to find out more, a photograph is an illusion, a portrait shows a mask, a faÃ§ade, so why must we need to see the eyes to find out more of the persona behind them?'

wil symons

photography

'These are photographs of not only the sitter but of you and of me. In losing eye contact we gain a common interest with the sitter, we neither have somewhere to aim our gaze. They become collaborations, you play the detective. We have to use our imagination to find out more, a photograph is an illusion, a portrait shows a mask, a faÃ§ade, so why must we need to see the eyes to find out more of the persona behind them?'